#B72E57#B72E57

#B72E57 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.174 H 8.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E57
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 87)
HSL	hsl(342, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(342, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 52.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 56.64, 9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 57.42, 9.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.1725 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.174 8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2277, 12.7125, 10.2983)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E57 #2EB78E

analogous

#B72E9B #B72E57 #B74A2E

triadic

#B72E57 #57B72E #2E57B7

tetradic

#B72E57 #9BB72E #2EB78E #4A2EB7

square

#B72E57 #9BB72E #2EB78E #4A2EB7

split-complementary

#B72E57 #2EB74A #2E9BB7

monochromatic

#551528 #862240 #B72E57 #D34F77 #DF809D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B72E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B72E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E57

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E57	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8083F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.174 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37386',
    500: '#b72e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e57;
$custom-light: #d37386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.044,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52526,
    "c": 0.17415,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E57

secondary

#79C8B0

accent

#E3B445

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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